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Homere & Castellion, Sebastien. Homeri opera
graeco-latina, quae quidem nunc extant, omnia. Per
Haeredes Nicolai Brylingeri [Brylinger], Basileae
[Basel] 1567. Folio (21.5 × 32 cm). (20) 292; 317 (1)
pp. 17th century full calf. € 4000,–
Stated the third edition, revised and expanded, reprinted
from the 1561 edition from the same publisher.
Printer’s device to title. Colophon on verso of final leaf:
Basileae, Ex Officina Haeredum Nicolai Brylingeri,
Anno Salutis MDLXVII Mense Martio. In Greek and
Latin, double column, Latin on the left, Greek facing.
Index in triple column at front of work. The preface
is preceded by an epigram from the Basle humanist
Heinrich Pantaleon (1522–1595).
With the initials of Chancellor Pierre Séguier (1588–
1672). A statesman and magistrate, he was Keeper of
the Seals from 1633 and became Chancellor of France
in 1635 under Cardinal Richelieu, holding that office
for almost 40 years.
17th century full calf. Spine in seven compartments,
decorated with the initials PS and a spray of fleurs de
lys. Covers with fleurs de lys, initials to center and
corners; laurel crown above central initials and large
double frieze frame. A. e. g. Colored paper guards replaced
in the second half of the 18th or first half of the
19th century. Wormhole from leaf 277 growing steadily
towards the end, occasionally touching a few letters.
Restorations to head and tail-pieces, joints, edges of
covers and corners.
This edition was by Sébastien Castellion using the
Greek text of Henri Estienne, with a preface by the
latter and a life of Homer by Plutarch. The works
traditionally collected at this period were the Iliad, the
Odyssey, the Batrachomyomachia, and the Hymns.
Sébastien Castellion was a humanist, a Bible scholar and
Protestant known for his defense of religious toleration.
He died in Basle in 1563.
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